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Beeton's Book of Household Management (Hardcover, Facsimile of 1861 ed)
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Beeton's Book of Household Management (Hardcover, Facsimile of 1861 ed)
Series: Southover Press Historic Cookery & Housekeeping
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This is the only available facsimilie of the very rare first
impression of the first edition of 1861 making it quite different
from other editions available in the market today. It is, for
example, the only edition written entirely by Mrs. Beeton and the
only edition to bear the splendid colour plates in the style of
Baxter prints that graced the original book. The publishing history
of Mrs. Beeton's book is in many ways a microcosm of the history of
publishing during the last 150 years. Her husband Samuel, whom she
married at the age of 20 in 1856, was a publisher of considerable
flair and brilliance who had launched "The English Woman's Domestic
Magazine" just four years before their marriage. This was the first
magazine to be devoted entirely to the interests of women and was a
great success, much of it edited by Isabella. The Beetons invited
recipe contributions from readers and issued them in 24 monthly
parts between 1859 and 1861, when they were bound together for the
first edition. Following Isabella's death from puerperal fever in
1865, Samuel faced financial difficulties and sold the rights to
Ward, Lock & Tyler. The firm recognized a golden goose when it
saw one and continued Samuel's innovation of selling sections of
"Household Management" at various prices to suit all pockets, such
as "Beeton's Penny Cookery Book, (1d)", "Mrs Beeton's Cottage
Cookery Book (3d)" and so forth. They also issued a second edition
in 1869 which Samuel helped to edit. In 1888 came a major revision,
followed by another update in 1906 and so the marketing and
spin-offs continued into the twentieth century, when, in 1995 the
rights to use Mrs. Beeton's name was licensed to food manufacturers
by the then publishers, Cassell. What of the recipes themselves?
Isabella said of her work that she sought recipes that would help
people 'to live economically, tastefully and well'. The book is a
serious and very good cookery book of mid-Victorian and early 19th
century recipes, each of which was tried out in her own kitchen by
herself, her cook and her kitchenmaid. Lacking the 'high
Edwardianism' and French bias introduced in later revisions, this
1861 edition has particular appeal for today's readers who will
appreciate the emphasis on practicality and local ingredients. Her
first criterion being that they should be economical, she always
included the cost at the end of each recipe as well as how many
mouths each dish would feed. When she describes a dish as 'rich' or
'very rich', for example, she is marking the degree of economy that
they represent. Like Eliza Acton before her, she listed ingredients
for each dish. This edition is a classic and deserves to be on the
shelves of every serious amateur and professional cook today.
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